The State of Xbox's 25+ Game Studios: Active Projects and Shake-Ups in 2026
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Zack Zwiezen
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A comprehensive 2026 status report on all of Xbox's 25+ game studios following major acquisitions (Bethesda in 2021, Activision Blizzard in 2023) and a recent corporate shake-up under CEO Asha Sharma that included significant layoffs. The article catalogs which studios are active, what they're working on, and which have been shuttered or restructured.
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· 4 pulledBack in 2020, we took a look at all of the various game studios Xbox owned and operated at the time. Since then, a lot has happened.
In 2021, Xbox finalized its purchase of Bethesda and its subsidiary studios.
In 2023, it completed its messy, protracted acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Now, in 2026, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced a massive shake-up of the company, complete with yet another massive round of layoffs.
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